Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic:
One of the FBI guys investigating Gotti famously said he had stuff in his refrigerator smarter than John Gotti.
Gotti definitely wasn't the most intelligent gangster. He came from the enforcer part of the family. He was more brawn than brains.
He obviously had ability to rise to the top coming from the bottom but it was more because of his willingness to kill than anything.
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Well, this opened today. It's got a 0% critical score on RT.
However, the audience rating is 81%.
:-)
The disconnect between critics and moviegoers seems to be widening by the day.
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I guess it's over already...that sure was quick.
John Travolta “Gotti” Movie Will End Theater Run with $4.3 Million, Lowest Box Office for Actor in Over 20 Years
“Gotti” rolls to the end of its theater release today, ending its ignominious 28 day run with $4.3 million.
“Gotti” may linger, like a virus, but it’s basically over. Its only foreign release was in Hungary, where it made $57,000.
Of course, there could be a DVD release, maybe VOD, etc.
But the upshot is that this is John Travolta’s lowest grossing movie in 20 years, of all his movies that were released to 500 or more theaters. Along the way there were a couple that went straight to video. But for a movie with 28 producer credits, this is a bomb.
Sources estimate that “Gotti” cost $10 million to make. Another $10 million was added for distribution and promotion. Beyond that, the losses are anyone’s guess. “Gotti” was feted with a big vanity opening in Cannes two months ago. Travolta doesn’t travel cheap. His expenses alone could be as big as the movie’s budget.
http://www.showbiz411.com/2018/07/12...-over-20-years
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